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I agree that all polling data on the 2020 race should be removed from the lead section. It's recentism. Yesterday's front-runner is tomorrow's has-been. R2 (bleep) 23:30, 8 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Voting Rights
I think we should add Bernie Sanders's stance on voting rights. He wants to restore the voting rights for everyone, felons included. Here is a USA today article by Sanders himself describing his stance on the issue.
ttps://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/04/30/bernie-sanders-felons-deserve-vote-participate-democracy-suppression-trump-column/3621258002/
He justifies the reasons to why in this article.
Perhaps you should enter this at the Political positions article. Gandydancer (talk) 23:38, 1 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Emphasis of lead
I'm a little surprised by the overall emphasis of the lead section. It seems to prioritize some of relatively minor aspects way over other aspects for which he's much better known (and for which he's received much more coverage in reliable sources). Specifically, I think I'm on solid ground saying that, along with being a longtime Senator for Vermont, Sanders is best known for:
Advocating against economic inequality and for single-payer healthcare
Being a self-described democratic socialist and progressive
Running for president in 2016
Brief mentions of these things belong in the first paragraph. Certainly, they're more significant and more extensively covered by RSs than the fact that his caucusing with the Democrats at times gives them a majority.
I understand that what I'm proposing would be a departure from the most common politician template. However there's no rule or guideline saying that all politicians' lead sections must be structured exactly the same, and Sanders isn't your average politician. R2 (bleep) 18:46, 8 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
R2, you make a fair point. I have re-arranged the existing text to change the emphasis of the lead by changing the order of its topics. See if this works for you and other editors. HopsonRoad (talk) 20:37, 8 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
It's not quite what I was thinking of. I'll make some changes, you can revert if you disagree, and then let's discuss. R2 (bleep) 21:02, 8 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Haha, I think we got our wires crossed a bit, but we're right where we should be, at the status quo ante. Here's your version, here's my version, now we can compare. R2 (bleep) 21:21, 8 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Hoho from here! I'm fine with your edits, in principle, R2. I reverted myself after I saw that your edits were a work in progress! (An edit comment would have clued me in.) Cheers, HopsonRoad (talk) 21:25, 8 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, I accidentally clicked rollback instead of undo, preventing me from adding an edit summary. No hard feelings. R2 (bleep) 21:26, 8 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 9 May 2019
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In the polling section for the June 2018 poll Clinton is listed as the second place person in the poll when it should be Elizabeth Warren. Clinton isn't running. 2605:E000:1B05:150:0:CE52:61B9:88E3 (talk) 17:18, 9 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Not done This would not reflect the source, which did in fact list Clinton in second place. However, I believe this issue is moot because I removed the entire sentence. R2 (bleep) 17:46, 9 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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Done Thanks for contributing to Wikipedia! — Newslingertalk 05:05, 20 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Hitler quote
The quote about Hitler is wrong. Hitler lost the election in 1932, and only became Chancellor in 1933 because he was appointed by a senile President Hindenburg. The Nazis actually lost considerable support in the last free election in 1932. (86.160.101.211 (talk) 13:19, 28 June 2019 (UTC))[reply]
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Not done This would not reflect the source, which did in fact list Clinton in second place. However, I believe this issue is moot because I removed the entire sentence. R2 (bleep) 17:46, 9 May 2019 (UTC)
Done Thanks for contributing to Wikipedia! — Newslinger talk 05:05, 20 May 2019 (UTC)